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Reply:

The CEO of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has advised me that the following total production volumes were achieved for the 10 year period from 2013-2022:

• Phosphate rock: 18 860 000 tons (on average 73% of capacity)
• Mono-ammonium phosphate 2 678 000 tons (on average 59% of capacity).

The Mine and acid plant had not been operating at full capacity for a number of years. Improvements to the infrastructure, power supply and additional technical capacity is required to improve production and capacity utilisation. The IDC has regularly engaged the Foskor leadership to improve operational performance and works with Transnet on logistics and Eskom on the energy related issues.

Following operational improvements made and favourable market conditions, a projected improvement in output for the current financial year is expected to increase capacity utilisation at the mine to 95% and a substantial improvement at the plant.

The IDC is the majority shareholder in Foskor, holding 59% of the Foskor shares. The IDC does consider potential Strategic Equity Partners for businesses that it is involved in.

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1. Yes, the Department has received correspondence regarding maintenance of infrastructure at Potchefstroom Magistrate’s Court. On 27 February 2020, the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) handed over the site to the contractor in order to carry out planned maintenance to the entire building of the Magistrate’s Court but the project was disrupted due to COVID-19 lockdown regulations. However, as soon as the restrictions were lifted and the contractor came back on site, the local business forum intimidated the workers, and added to the delay. The contractor returned on site from 1 August 2022.

2. I have been informed about the collapse of the roof at the Potchefstroom Magistrate’s Court.

a) The DPWI provided a report, titled “Preliminary Investigation Report: Current Condition of the Roof Covering and Safety of the Building”, dated 21 September 2022. Thereafter, a full investigation report on the current condition of all wooden roof trusses will be provided. Once the survey is completed, the Department is expecting to receive the cost estimates of the damages from the DPWI.

b) A contingency plan was compiled together with all the stakeholders at the magistrates’ court as follows:

1. Potchefstroom Magistrate engaged JB Marks Municipality to assist in identifying alternative accommodation. The Municipality made the Town Hall and the Traffic Court available for use by the Department.
2. The District Courts B and E were accommodated at the Town Hall for all cases where the accused persons are out on bail or warning.
3. The Regional Court is accommodated at the Traffic Court for all cases where the accused persons are on bail or warning.
4. All Regional Court matters, where the accused persons are in custody including sexual offences related matters, are heard at the Regional Court.
5. All the cases, whereby the accused persons are in custody including first appearance matters and bail applications, are dealt with at the only available court room, Regional Court 3.
6. The Children’s Court matters are dealt with at the boardroom of the Head of Court.
7. The rest of the Family Court matters (Domestic Violence and Protection from Harassment) including District Civil Court matters are dealt with at the dedicated Children’s Court.
8. The quasi-judicial functions (Small claims, Maintenance applications, Clerk of the Civil Court, Cash Hall, Offices for the Magistrates Regional and District and Public Prosecutors) are accommodated at the additional office space made available on the 1st floor.
9. Transport is made available to transport members of public, accused persons on bail/warning and witness to the respective alternative accommodation.
10. To ensure effective implementation of the contingency plan, 08:00 morning meetings are held with all the JCPS stakeholders to discuss the circumstances prevailing on a daily basis.

3. On 20 September 2022, the Department issued a media statement, titled: “Potchefstroom Magistrates’ Office temporarily evacuated after roof collapse”.

Reply:

 

Government engaged in a consultation process to recognise the 5 groupings of Khoi-San namely the Griqua, Koranna, Nama, San and Cape-Khoi as per the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act, 2019 (Act No. 3 of 2019).

Should there be any evidence submitted to government of the existence of an additional Khoi-San main grouping other than the Cape-Khoi, Griqua, Koranna, Nama or San, government will consider amending the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act to include that main grouping.

Reply:

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) regularly provides documents for public and stakeholder comment as feedback can assist to strengthen policy documents.

Section 195(1)(e) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act No. 108 of 1996), prescribes that Public administration must be governed by the democratic values and principles enshrined in the Constitution, including the principle that the people’s needs must be responded to, and the public must be encouraged to participate in policy-making.

Copies of the dtic Policy documents are available on the Department website: www.thedtic.gov.za.

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The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

I have been informed that the project is being implemented by the Department of Defence and not the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure.

Therefore, (a), (b) (i) & (ii), (c) (i) & (ii) and (d), Fall away.

Reply:

The Maquassi Hills and Mamusa Local Municipalities are currently not under intervention in terms of Section 139 (7) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.

  

Reply:

The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) informs me that it uses standard industrial classification codes (SIC) that does not include the level of detail set out in the question. For example, if a company’s business is in the computer industry, it will be classified as Information and Communication Technology and will not be specific as to whether that entails Artificial Intelligence or Robotics etc. The Companies Act, 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008), did away with the concept of primary business being contained in a Companies Memorandum of Incorporation and made same general.

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(a) and (b) No, the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) will not use the Report on the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegation of State Capture to investigate whether the Departments and/or Entities reporting to her contributed towards state capture.

(a) On reading the various reports, there is an indication that there are no parts of the report that are relevant to the Departments and Entities reporting to the Minister of COGTA. Although, there are certain issues affecting a municipality that were highlighted in the report, there are no specific findings and/or recommendations in relation to the affected municipality. Officials from the Department have collaborated with officials from the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) to assess all the recommendations emanating from the various reports of the Commission. Should this broader assessment in collaboration with the DPME identify matters that require my attention, I will ensure that the necessary steps are taken, especially where legislative or institutional changes would be required and prepare motivated implementation plans, indicating how each recommendation ought to be addressed.

(b) Not applicable.

 

Reply:

The responsibility to determine the category of municipalities resides with the Municipal Demarcation Board.

Reply:

a) (i) (ii)

The total amount that was allocated to the Commission for Khoi-San Matters (i) during the 2021-22 financial year was R6,320,135,18 and in the 2022-23 financial year R9,781,111.00

The following table indicates the (b) Breakdown of expenditure on (i) traveling, (ii) accommodation and (iii) administration for the public meetings per province as at the beginning of October 2022:

Spending Item	2022/23 FY	2021/22 FY
Traveling (Summary)	R307,790.17	R94,878.90
Eastern Cape campaign	R55,590.94	R0.00
Free State Campaign	R15,762.19	R0.00
Gauteng Campaign	R0.00	R0.00
Kwa-Zulu natal Campaign	R25,270.66	R0.00
Limpopo Campaign	R23,595.00	R0.00
Mpumalanga Campaign	R22,401.49	R0.00
Northern Cape Campaign	R34,163.76	R0.00
North-West Campaign	R0.00	R0.00
Western Cape Campaign and Launch in the prior FY	R43,928.72	R94,878.90
Accommodation (Summary)	R185,760.00	R18,500.00
Eastern Cape campaign	R10,080.00	R0.00
Free State Campaign	R23,040.00	R0.00
Gauteng Campaign	R0.00	R0.00
Kwa-Zulu natal Campaign	R25,920.00	R0.00
Limpopo Campaign	R23,040.00	R0.00
Mpumalanga Campaign	R23,040.00	R0.00
Northern Cape Campaign	R28,800.00	R0.00
North-West Campaign	R23,040.00	R0.00
Western Cape Campaign and Launch in the prior FY	R31,680.00	R18,500.00
Administrative costs (Summary)	R 66,529.19	R12,402.35
Eastern Cape campaign	R12,323.12	R0.00
Free State Campaign	R10,001.66	R0.00
Gauteng Campaign	R0.00	R0.00
Kwa-Zulu natal Campaign	R12,158.85	R0.00
Limpopo Campaign	R3,258.97	R0.00
Mpumalanga Campaign	R2,382.82	R0.00
Northern Cape Campaign	R10,771.86	R0.00
North-West Campaign	R3,565.89	R0.00
Western Cape Campaign and Launch in the prior FY	R12,066.02	R12,402.35

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The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

REPLY:

• I have been informed by the Department that the Public Works Green Building Policy as approved and signed on the 31st of May 2018, in section 10.4, paragraph 3 states that DPWI will develop guidelines and minimum standards for the management and recycling of construction waste. These guidelines and minimum standards are incorporated into the relevant specifications for the construction works of DPWI throughout the procurement process.

• Recoverable waste shall be dealt with before disposal to sites. The Department, through the Indigenous Knowledge Systems is planning to roll-out rammed earth techniques in utilising crushed and compacted construction waste including earthworks waste. The excess material shall be disposed of, spread, and roughly levelled where permitted on-site.

• Within the DPWI’s procurement processes, credits shall be awarded to contractors who adhere to alternative and innovative greening ideas during construction including disposal of construction waste.

• The Public Works Green Building policy, in terms of green procurement, stipulates that the DPWI will adopt the Green Building Public Procurement Policy where all contractors and/or sub-contractors are mandated to provide detailed Waste Management Plans in accordance to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as regulated by the National Environment Management Act 107 of 1998 and the Public Works Green Building Policy.

• Furthermore, the Green Building National Framework, states that the Certification of green contractors and products will be adapted in the construction sector to ensure recognition as credited green building practitioners, contractors, or suppliers, hence this initiative will benefit the sector through materials that will not be disposed of, to the landfill sites and repurposed for other uses. It will also ensure confidence in the contractor’s ability and knowledge of disposing of construction waste.

• In addition, the Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) is planning to develop a best practice or standard related to optimising the reuse of waste from construction. This will include the requirement for waste management plans.

• In line with interdepartmental cooperation, DPWI provided an input to the Operation Phakisa work stream championed by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE) regarding plans around the management of construction waste. The management of construction waste is expected to provide job creation and entrepreneurial opportunities.

Reply:

A large number of public comments were received by the due date and a few stakeholders requested additional time and were granted a short extension. Comments ranged from pro-forma views in favour or against the proposals; to substantive submissions that engaged specifically with the policy, legal or economic aspects of the proposals. These comments are currently being evaluated and considered by the Ministry.

Copies of submissions are not normally made available to the public or to Members of Parliament, as respondents to a request for comment did not make representations in anticipation that their comments would be made available to the public.

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The question by the Honourable WF Faber is vague. It would assist the response if the Honourable Faber were to indicate the specific structures and/or fora external to Government to which he refers.

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1. Based on the figures below (revenue that National Treasury received from the Levy), it can be estimated to be about 2.2 %.

“In the revenue year 2021/22, the Health Promotion Levy (colloquially referred to as the sugar tax) contributed a total of R 2,259,832,000.00* in the revenue collections that were reported by the South African Revenue Service. The R 2,259,832,000.00* collected reflects R2, 182,323,000.00* in domestic levy and R77, 510,000.00* in an import levy. Overall the FY2021/22 collections represent a growth of 6.92% on the FY2020/21 collections of R2, 113,606,000.00 (R2, 046,177,000.00 domestic levy and R67, 429,000.00 in import levy). “

* All figures for FY2021/22 are preliminary pending auditing processes.

The following are the actual amounts that the Department received:

• R50m in 2018/19
• R40m in 2109/20
• R49 699m in 2020/21
• R53.5 in 2021/22
• R48 366 00 in 2022/23

2. (a) The Department spent the HPL as follows

• 2018/2019 :

• • Wellness Campaign to create awareness and screen for HIV, TB, Hypertension and Diabetes in all provinces (Cheka Impilo).

• • Events in provinces to raise awareness on Cancer and to introduce the provinces to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Strategy which was approved in 2017.

• 2019/2020:

• • Funds were spent on expanding the scope and coverage of Cancer Awareness Campaigns to all provinces.

• 2020/2021:

• • Spending on Campaigns was not possible due to Covid-19 restrictions. However, funds were directed toward public education and awareness programs on Covid-19.

• 2021/2022:

• • There was a continuation in the allocation of funds for public education programs on Covid-19.

• • Funds were spent on phase one of the National Dietary Intake Survey

• • SABC Side-by-Side Campaign on Child Health.

• • Planning for the National Non-Communicable Diseases Campaign

• 2022/2023:

• • The HPL is being used to fund Phase two of the National Dietary Intake Study (NDIS).
  • National Non-Communicable Diseases Campaign. Funds will be used for the purchases of screening devices, consumables and community health worker training material for the Campaign. The key objective is for CHWs to screen for hypertension and diabetes and link patients to care.
  • Launch of the National Strategic Plan for NCDs and the commemoration of the World No Tobacco Day

(b) Hundred percent (100%) of the HPL levy is spent for health promotion, awareness, disease/injury prevention and disease related research.

3. (a) Non-communicable diseases (hypertension, diabetes, cancer, mental health), communicable diseases (HIV, TB, Covid-19, water and vector borne diseases), Violence and Injury

(b)

• In 2021 PRICELESS reported evidence-based gains from the HPL, including

• • The national urban household purchases of taxable beverages by

volume fell by 51% (Kantar) with a 29 % decrease in sugar intake.

• • In a self-reported Langa survey of young adults ( 18- 39 y), on taxable

beverages showed a 37% reduction by volume and 31% decrease in sugar intake

• • In a Soweto Study of teenagers , young adults, and older adults, the frequency of Sugar Sweetened Beverages intake amongst heavy consumers fell from 10 beverages per week pre HPL to 4 beverages per week one year post HPL
• As at August 2022, the country achieved 94% of the target population knowing their HIV status as part of the 90-90-90 targets. The achievement can be attributed to the Wellness Campaign (Cheka Impilo) that influences health seeking behaviour, including condom distribution and treatment adherence.

• In 2022, the Department approved the National Strategic Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases 2022 – 2027 (NSP NCDs) which adopts an integrated person centered approach and is inclusive of population level interventions. The NSP NCDs aims to promote wellness, reduce modifiable risk behaviour, enhance management and control of non-communicable diseases in particular hypertension and diabetes and empower communities, patients and their families.

• The 2022/23 Annual Performance Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 Reports confirm increased heath seeking behaviour as the total screened for diabetes for Q1 was 2 550 479 which increased to 6 242 487 in Q2 and Total screened for hypertension for Q1 was 2 654 572 which increased to 6 366 095.

4. (a) (i) The Department commenced the Dietary Intake survey in 2019 but it could not be completed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

     (ii) The Department completed the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) in 2021.

(b) (i) The results of the Dietary Intake Survey will become available in June 2023.

(ii) The GATS results provide statistics on tobacco use, cessation, second hand smoke, economics and the role of other players in the environment including the media. This survey is available on the internet.

(c) Results from surveys (international and national) are used to inform strategies for combating burden of disease conditions.

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1. In March 2022, government responded to the escalating fuel prices by implementing a package of short-term measures comprising temporary fuel levy relief, release of strategic stocks and structural adjustments to fuel prices to assist consumers and vulnerable households. A temporary reduction in the general fuel levy of R1.50 per litre was implemented from 6 April 2022 until 31 May 2022 to provide limited short-term relief to households from rising fuel prices following the Russia/Ukraine conflict. The revenue foregone of R6 billion will be recouped through the sale of a portion of the strategic crude oil reserves held by the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF) and will not have an impact on the fiscal framework.

Government extended the temporary fuel levy relief for a two-month period consisting of a continuation of the relief of R1.50 per litre for the first month, from 1 June 2022 to 6 July 2022, and a reduction in the relief for the second month to 75c per litre of fuel from 7 July 2022 to 2 August 2022. This temporary relief was withdrawn from 3 August 2022 and the revenue foregone from the extension of the relief is estimated at R4 billion. Unlike the previous announcement, this is expected to have an impact on the fiscal framework as it will not be funded through a sale of strategic oil stocks. The extension of the fuel levy relief will be accommodated in the current fiscal framework in a manner that is consistent with the fiscal strategy outlined in the Budget and to be dealt with in the October 2022 MTBPS.

Government remains committed to the fiscal framework outlined in the 2022 Budget and any further relief should be done in a fiscally neutral manner or it would undermine government’s efforts at consolidation. Due to the tight fiscal position, there is limited space to fund additional tax relief.

As announced in May 2022, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has also taken further measures to help reduce fuel prices in a more sustainable manner. The DMRE removed the demand side management levy of 10c per litre applied to 95 unleaded petrol sold inland effective from 1 June 2022. After a review and consultation by the DMRE, it is proposed that the basic fuel price is also decreased by 3c per litre in the coming months.

Government intends to continue with consultations and proposals to remove the price cap on 93 ULP, which will partially deregulate the market and introduce more competition to lower pump prices. A review on the Regulatory Accounting System (which includes the retail margin, wholesale margin and secondary storage and distribution margins) will be completed by the DMRE to assess the potential to lower margins over the medium term.

Government continues to monitor the impact off the Russia/Ukraine conflict and zero-COVID policies in some countries, which continue to have an impact on energy and food prices and result in supply chain shocks, with the aim of investigating further measures to make households and businesses less vulnerable to such shocks.

2. Section 5(1)(a) of the Road Accident Fund Act (1996) stipulates that Road Accident Fund (RAF) is funded by means of Road Accident Fund levy, as contemplated Customs and Excise Act (1964). The funds collected, subject to any deductions in the Customs and Exercise Act, is a direct charge against the National Revenue Fund, for the credit of the RAF. With the levies earmarked in law, the revenue for the RAF is protected.

3. A general principle in public finances is earmarked funds for expenditure should be avoided, as it is inefficient and could be wasteful. Earmarked funds also limit budget flexibility in the delivery of priorities. It is only under exceptional circumstances that funds are earmarked and the general practice in South Africa is that all taxes revenues are deposited into the National Revenue Fund for general use.

Section 213(1) of the Constitution provides for a National Revenue Fund into which all revenue received by the national government must be paid, except money reasonably excluded by an Act of Parliament. Money is only withdrawn from the National Revenue Fund, in terms of Section 213(2) through an Act of Parliament.

With taxes and levies funding general budget programmes, in terms of Section 213 of the Constitution, it is impossible to list detailed projects funded through the general fuel levy for specific projects.

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The National Department is consulting with the Provincial Departments of Health to get the full details and figures on this question. The response will be ready in a week or two and will be furnished to the Honourable Member as soon as it is ready.

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1. Yes, the Department has received correspondence regarding maintenance of infrastructure at Potchefstroom Magistrate’s Court. On 27 February 2020, the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) handed over the site to the contractor in order to carry out planned maintenance to the entire building of the Magistrate’s Court but the project was disrupted due to COVID-19 lockdown regulations. However, as soon as the restrictions were lifted and the contractor came back on site, the local business forum intimidated the workers, and added to the delay. The contractor returned on site from 1 August 2022.

2. I have been informed about the collapse of the roof at the Potchefstroom Magistrate’s Court.

a) The DPWI provided a report, titled “Preliminary Investigation Report: Current Condition of the Roof Covering and Safety of the Building”, dated 21 September 2022. Thereafter, a full investigation report on the current condition of all wooden roof trusses will be provided. Once the survey is completed, the Department is expecting to receive the cost estimates of the damages from the DPWI.

b)  A contingency plan was compiled together with all the stakeholders at the magistrates’ court as follows:

1. Potchefstroom Magistrate engaged JB Marks Municipality to assist in identifying alternative accommodation. The Municipality made the Town Hall and the Traffic Court available for use by the Department.
2. The District Courts B and E were accommodated at the Town Hall for all cases where the accused persons are out on bail or warning.
3. The Regional Court is accommodated at the Traffic Court for all cases where the accused persons are on bail or warning.
4. All Regional Court matters, where the accused persons are in custody including sexual offences related matters, are heard at the Regional Court.
5. All the cases, whereby the accused persons are in custody including first appearance matters and bail applications, are dealt with at the only available court room, Regional Court 3.
6. The Children’s Court matters are dealt with at the boardroom of the Head of Court.
7. The rest of the Family Court matters (Domestic Violence and Protection from Harassment) including District Civil Court matters are dealt with at the dedicated Children’s Court.
8. The quasi-judicial functions (Small claims, Maintenance applications, Clerk of the Civil Court, Cash Hall, Offices for the Magistrates Regional and District and Public Prosecutors) are accommodated at the additional office space made available on the 1st floor.
9. Transport is made available to transport members of public, accused persons on bail/warning and witness to the respective alternative accommodation.
10. To ensure effective implementation of the contingency plan, 08:00 morning meetings are held with all the JCPS stakeholders to discuss the circumstances prevailing on a daily basis.

3. On 20 September 2022, the Department issued a media statement, titled: “Potchefstroom Magistrates’ Office temporarily evacuated after roof collapse”.

Reply:

1. No. The President of the Republic of South Africa assented to the Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Act No. 3 of 2022 on 17 August 2022 which Act will be operational on 1 November 2022. New regulations relating to this matter will be finalised and gazzeted in due course.

2. The Minister of COGTA will not make a statement on the matter.

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All official government policy and review documents must be widely consulted with and made known to the public in all its manifestations.

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(a) (i) The Honurable Member may request the National Treasury for the full allocations for government as a whole. For its part the Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG) has allocated a total of R516 748 000 from the Municipal Disaster Relief Grant. This does not include allocations in terms of Reprioritisation and Reallocations made by other sector departments.

(ii) The Honourable Member may contact the Solidarity Fund for the information requested.  

(b)

Disaster Response Grant Allocation (2022/2023)	Approved amount (KZN Phase 1)	Approved amount (KZN Phase 2)	Approved amount (EC Phase 3)	Approved amount (EC Phase 4)	Recommended amount (KZN- Phase 5) (Awaiting NT approval)
Municipal Disaster Response Grant: R371 420 000	Inkosi Langalibalele LM: R 48 950 000	Alfred Duma LM: R14 414 000	Port St Johns LM: R 13 300 000	Winnie Madikizela LM: R 12 790 132	eThekwini MM: R 185 087 026
	ILembe DM: R 19 523 000	Kwa –Dukuza LM: R109 043 000	Ingquza Hill LM: R 4 130 000	Mbashe LM: R 14 415 000
	UMsunduzi LM: R 620 000	Ray Nkonyeni LM: R11 000 000	Nyandeni LM: R 2 692 902	OR Tambo DM: R 46 872 163.23
	Mkhambathini LM: R 8 200 000		Umzimvubu LM: R 10 500 000
	Ray Nkonyeni LM: R 8 100 000		Ntabankulu LM: R 5 110 777
	uGu DM: R 2 000 000
Provincial Disaster Response Grant: R145 328 000	R 145 328 000 of the Provincial Disaster Response Grant was moved to the Municipal Disaster Response Grant where it was allocated to municipalities
R516 748 000	R87 393 000	R134 457 000	R35 733 678	R 74 077 296	R 185 087 026

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The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

(1)

a) I have been informed that disciplinary processes will be instituted against employees who may be fingered in the malpractices as soon as internal investigation is concluded.

b) The department has developed a task team that monitors and ensures the smooth running of the process.

2. Empowerment initiatives for Women, Youth & People with disabilities are tabled below:

As per Quarter 1 REPORT

April -June 2022/2023 Financial Year from SCM

INITIATIVES	ACHIEVEMENTS	DISAGGREGATED DATA ON BENEFICIARIES
		WOMEN	MEN	YOUTH	DISABILITY
				MALE	FEMALE	MALE	FEMALE
Participation of designated Groups in the DPWI Programmes through Procurement For all transactions within quotation threshold, a mandatory Preferential Procurement Requirements for B-BBEE Level 1, 2 & QSE/EME applies.	Majority of quotations awarded to Designated Groups in line with Preferential Procurement Regulations 2017	475 Transactions to the value of R24 442 932,97	858 Transactions to the value of R77 674 599,64	224 Transactions to the value of R23 816 608,54	97 Transactions to the value of R10 839 286,51	1 Transactions to the value of R384 999,54	1 Transactions to the value of R2 9000,00

3. The department leverages its procurement spend to promote transformation and empowerment of historically disadvantaged individuals and designated groups as listed in the Preferential Procurement Regulations of 2017. The department has implemented a transformation agenda that utilizes pre-qualification criteria and mandatory subcontracting when inviting bids and quotations.

For the period 01 April 2022 – 31 August 2022, 62 tenders worth R 329 224 983 were awarded to designated/ targeted groups. 57 of these tenders to the value of R316,797,325 were awarded to Level 1 BEE service providers and 5 tenders to the value of R12,427,658 were awarded to Level 2 BEE service providers.

The targeted (designated) groups benefited as follows;

• Black majority owned, 60 awards (97%) to the value R283,838,371
• Women black owned, 15 awards (24%) to the value of R26,256,604
• Youth black owned, 8 awards (13%) to the value of R30,734,232
• Contractor Co-operative, 4 awards (6.5%) to the value of R2,125,567
• Companies in Rural/ Underdeveloped/ township areas, 26 awards (44%) to the value of R50,940,120

The above statistics are indicative of the department’s commitment to empowerment and transformation.

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InvestSA reports on metrics outlined in the dtic’s Annual Performance Plan, which sets out the key actions to be undertaken. By acting as a facilitator in the business eco-system, Invest SA plays a role in companies investing and expanding. The outcomes are in turn reported on as set out below.

The following six examples as outlined in the dtic Annual Report presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition, provides tangible evidence of targets being attained:

• R176 billion-investment pipeline.
• 642 investor consultations for rapid implementation
• Assisted with the evaluation of 305 visa recommendations for technical experts of various companies
• 54 ease of doing business engagements i.e., Technical Working Groups, Business meetings , Stakeholder engagements
• 179 intra-company transfers, critical skills and permanent residency visas facilitated.

There are several more examples of outcomes achieved by Invest South Africa and I will report on some of these to the Portfolio Committee when reporting on the department’s quarter 1 and quarter 2 performance for this financial year.

Reports are generated internally through the branch in cooperation with other branches such as the Economic Research and Policy Branch in the Department.

Reports are generated internally and there are no costs involved.

Quarterly reports are compiled by Invest SA based on reports submitted by companies.

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The question by Honourable Member does not indicate what kind or type of training referred to in the above question. It is recommeded that the member be specific on what type of training is referring to in order for the department to respond accordingly.

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(1) (a) The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) undertook consultations with the relevant industries and the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (DTIC) as the lead Department on trade policy matters. The engagements resolved that the trade challenge should be addressed through a bilateral Ministerial meeting with the affected countries. DALRRD is implementing this resolution. The Director General wrote to his counterparts requesting urgent bilateral engagements on the matter. The outcome of the engagements will be shared with organised industry.

(b) The impact of such closures is lost market opportunities for the industry and loss of revenue to the State. This also undermines the efforts of free trade as contemplated in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Furthermore, consumers of the affected products in these countries are more likely to experience an increase in prices of these commodities due to shortages/supply constraints.

According to the 2nd Quarter Agricultural Economic Review, vegetable prices registered a marked decrease, and this could be directly attributed to the short effects of the import bans. Price depression likely occurred as producers redirected, (as a short-term measure) these export consignments into the domestic market.

The current import ban includes tomatoes, carrots, beetroots, potatoes, cabbage, lettuce, garlic, onions, ginger, turmeric, chili peppers, butternut, watermelons, sweet peppers, green corn, and fresh herbs. Over the past 5 years, 98% of vegetables in Botswana originated from South Africa.

(2) No. The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has not yet communicated with her counterparts in Botswana and Namibia. She is awaiting the outcome of the meetings of the Director General with his counterparts in Botswana and Namibia.

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a) In relation to the University of Limpopo, NSFAS took a decision to deploy Senior Officials to attend to the conflict between the University of Limpopo, landlords and the students. At a meeting attended by these stakeholders and NSFAS in Polokwane on 22 September 2022, an agreement was reached on how to proceed. This agreement will be submitted for consideration and approval by the Board and the Minister. It should be noted that NSFAS only pays allowances upon receipt of claims on behalf of qualifying students by the University. However, the University has been busy with a verification exercise in order to comply with the Norms and Standards of DHET and the funding guidelines by NSFAS. The verification exercise took longer than expected and was met with some resistance from some of the landlords and students, especially the decision by NSFAS that off-campus allowances be paid directly into the landlords’ bank accounts. The agreement reached at the meeting was that for the rest of the 2022 academic year, off-campus allowances should be paid to the students who will settle their rental obligations with the landlords, as has been the case to date. The verification exercise should be continued until 2023 to allow landlords to make the necessary improvements to their properties so as to eventually comply with the minimum standards set by DHET. The meeting recommended that a fixed allowance of R1 820 be paid to all qualifying students until the verification exercise is concluded. 

b) As part of the student-centred model NSFAS took the decision to improve the administration of student accommodation. This will include accreditation of accommodation, grading and assigning costs to the different grades, linking students to accommodation, and ultimately paying accommodation providers directly. Part of the model will include increased capacity for accommodation. NSFAS plans, as of 2023, take over the accreditation of student accommodation. A system will be available for all potential housing suppliers to enlist their properties so that students can have a wider choice of accommodation. NSFAS will use this platform to expedite the allocation of suitable student accommodation and ensure that landlords are paid a fair value according to the accommodation provided directly.

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There is no budget set aside for physical therapy for inmates living with disabilities specifically, costs for physical therapy for inmates are accommodated under the budget for Health Care Services for inmates. The budget for health care services for inmates is one hundred and eleven million, six hundred and twenty-nine thousand and two hundred (R111 629 200.00).

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The Department of Higher Education and Training (the Department) centralised procurement of infrastructure for 16 TVET colleges. Nine colleges have since been finalised, three are an 85% to 99% completion rate and four below an 85% completion threshold. The Department continues to engage TVET colleges on the monitoring of their infrastructure delivery. 

The centralisation of infrastructure at universities is limited by the autonomous nature of university councils. However, the Department has set in place monitoring mechanisms to trace the procurement, delivery and expenditure on projects in order to improve the coordination and delivery of infrastructure across all institutions the Department has: 

• Appointed a Chief Director: Infrastructure to facilitate streamlining of infrastructure delivery; and 
• Appointed Implementing Agents to accelerate the infrastructure procurement processes, as well as project management of infrastructure. 

The Implementing Agents will also assist with capacity building at institutions where challenges of delivery have been experienced. The Department is currently in the process of following the guidelines as outlined in the Infrastructure Delivery Management System (IDMS) and the Framework for Infrastructure Delivery and Procurement Management (FIDPM). It is also in the process of developing a portfolio and programme plans. Priority projects have been identified and included in the draft plans. 

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1. As I had indicated previously, the Department has received, considered and accepted the legal advice on the status of Afrikaans as an indigenous language, and the need for policy adjustment to clearly reflect this fact so that we are not unduly distracted from the important task of developing our historically marginalised languages. The adjusted definition will be published in a Government Gazette. Officials from my Department have been having discussions with officials from the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture and there is consensus on the need for an explicitly inclusive definition of indigenous languages in the policy framework.

2. The Honourable member must rest assured that the amendment will be published as per the advice, and I hope this will close this matter once and for all and re-focus our attention on the main task at hand which is bringing dignity and respect to all our historically marginalised indigenous languages as the Constitution of the Republic demand of us.

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The South African Police Service is to launch the Economic Infrastructure Task Team (EITT) whose role will be to address the scourge of crimes within the non-ferrous metals, essential infrastructure, critical infrastructure, extortion, and illegal mining. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy will work together with the envisaged unit.

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1. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has confirmed that the matter is a project driven investigation by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) Northern Cape. The Organised Crime component within the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Gauteng Division, Pretoria has been guiding the investigations.
2. The investigation is at an advanced stage. An expert report is awaited. On conclusion of the investigation, the prosecutor will decide whether to institute a prosecution, and if so, on what charges.
3. There is no need to release a statement on the matter.

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No.	Institution/University	Turnaround strategy	Total number of protests recorded in 2022
1.	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	The allowances were paid on time to students. The university made some concessions to allow NSFAS qualifying students to register whilst await for the advancement from NSFAS.	There were no protests reported.
2.	University of Cape Town	The University advances all NSFAS funded students with meals, books and accommodation allowance until funds are received from NSFAS.	The university had minor protests this year that were contained. Not all the protests were NSFAS-related.
3.	Central University of Technology	The NSFAS to issue the Funded List and Guidelines to all the universities & TVET colleges at the beginning of the academic year	Bloemfontein Campus: 23-24 February 2022 28 February 2022 07 March 2022 13-14 March 2022 17 March 2022 22 March 2022 24-25 March 2022 06-07 June 2022 8 in total Welkom Campus 04 February 2022 27-30 March 2022 03-04 April 2022 3 in total
4.	Durban University of Technology	There was a delay in payment of the upfront payment by NSFAS as a result payment of allowances to students delayed.	On 8 -11 March 2022 The protests were not only about NSFAS matters. However, the concerns raised by students included the delays in payment of allowances
5.	University of Fort Hare	The university extended the registration period to allow NSFAS funded students to register upon confirmation of funding by NSFAS.	In the beginning of the academic year, there were pockets of demonstrations due to delayed NSFAS lists of funded students
6.	University of the Free State.	All other concerns were addressed during registration period. Only the issue of accommodation took longer and was addressed in May 2022 through engagements between DHET, NSFAS, Students represented by SRC, and UFS management.	From 21 to 23 February 2022 in both Bloemfontein and Qwaqwa campus The concerns raised include withdrawal of offers due to late confirmation of funding from NSFAS for first-time entering students, late confirmation of funding for continuing students, immediate payment of allowances to NSFAS students, N+1/2 Rule, Accommodation for NSFAS funded students
7.	University of Johannesburg.	The University administers funds on behalf of NSFAS for over 25 600 students registered in 2022. All efforts are made to ensure that potential NSFAS students are assisted with registration and allowances at the beginning of the year while waiting for NSFAS to confirm funding whilst waiting for the upfront payment from NSFAS. The University lifted a financial block to 8998 students who were identified as potential NSFAS beneficiaries. This includes 872 SASSA beneficiaries.   The university also set aside a budget for the SRC Trust Funds. A total number of 4462 students were approved for SRC trust fund during the academic registration period. The University of Johannesburg advances all NSFAS funded students with meals, books and accommodation allowance until funds are received from NSFAS in April 2022.	The experienced protests were sectional (groups of common interest protesting – not led by the SRC). On the10th of February 2022, about 50 students attempted to disrupt registration process but the University responded in time to prevent the disruption. All the protests were managed successfully by of course pressurizing the relevant sectors to be responsive by addressing the problems.
8.	University of KwaZulu-Natal	The vast majority of list of demands received from the SRC, includes issues, as students experience them, with respect to NSFAS. Concerns raised include poor communication, non-responsiveness, perceived inequity/bias in applying NSFAS rules, systems, e.g., for appeals, not working well NSFAS funded students were assisted whilst waiting for communication and funds from NSFAS.	27 May 2022, 6 & 14 June 2022.
9.	University of Limpopo	The challenging area with regard to the NSFAS funding has been around the student’s allowances, and in particular, Off-Campus accommodation allowances. The matter was resolved immediately with NSFAS taking full responsibility of the administration of the process as such, further challenges would be resolved within the shortest turnaround time.	14 September 2022.
10.	Mangosuthu University of Technology	NSFAS qualifying students are assisted to register	On 23 June 2022, not NSFAS related
11.	University of Mpumalanga	No protests experienced
12.	Nelson Mandela University	Nelson Mandela University has been working closely with NSFAS. Ongoing communication with the NSFAS agent has proved valuable in addressing certain operational issues. A visit to the NSFAS Office in Cape Town with a multi-stakeholder University team, assisted in attending to some strategic interventions that were required. A productive and meaningful relationship with NSFAS is required with institutions to ensure open and constructive flow of information and planning. An academic year requires prior planning to ensure that universities can enrol new and returning students without any significant disruptions. The sector needs to be engaged through a multi-stakeholder task team and informed well in advance if there will be significant policy changes to ensure adequate risk mitigation and preparation for unintended consequences.	The University experienced protests that closed the campus on 14 February, as well as 3 and 4 March. A management team lead by the Dean of Students engaged on the issues. The main issues of the closure on 14 February being: Students awaiting funding statuses including NSFAS appeals which then result in allowances not being able to be released. This included the Higher Certificate unfunded students Postgraduate student funding Unfunded students that do not qualify for University concessions for registration Historic debt. Following positive engagements, the parties found each other on a number of issues raised. The main issues of the protests on 3 and 4 March being: Extension of the closing date for registration Management agreed on an extension to the registration period from 4 March to 11 March 2022.
13.	North-West University	The NWU has set aside funds to pay allowances from the end of February albeit that an NSFAS payment had not been received. An agreed-upon process and measures involving members of the university management and the student leadership has been in place to address concerns that had been raised by students – some of which were related to NSFAS	The University experienced some unrest in February 2022. The issues raised were NSFAS and registrations related. A meeting was arranged between the SRC and management and matters raised, were resolved.
14.	University of Pretoria	There were no protests at UP on NSFAS.
15.	Rhodes University	The university committed support initiatives that would make NSFAS more efficient and effective.	No protests experienced.
16.	Sefako Makgatho University	University takes upon itself to process and allocate allowances to funded students and later claim from NSFAS.	So far, no protest actions were experienced at SMU during the 2022 academic year.
17.	Sol Plaatje University	There were no protests experienced.
18.	University of South Africa	Protests experienced were not NSFAS related. The protests were led by the labour unions on labour and management related matters.
19.	Stellenbosch University	Stellenbosch University had no NSFAS related student protests in 2022.
20.	Tshwane University of Technology	TUT has implemented mitigating strategies to try and resolve challenges experienced with NSFAS. This involved TUT and NSFAS embarking on a series of engagements to address concerns and queries through the NSFAS Service Agent, robust meetings with Financial Aid Practitioners of South Africa (FAPSA) and Usaf (FEF)	(b) The students protest on NSFAS matters were recorded at Tshwane University of Technology in the beginning of 2022, i.e., during February and March. The most challenging issues that affected all six campuses were recorded as follows: Delay in the release the list of NSFAS Funded students; N+2 Rule of NSFAS; and NSFAS appeals process being slow. . However, there protests were not just limited to NSFAS related concerns. Other student demands also played a role
21.	Vaal University of Technology	NSFAS officials visited the campus to address outstanding challenges regarding NSFAS.	On 10 June 2022, the guard house at the entrance of the campus was set alight.
22.	University of Venda	The University of Venda Strategy is to open registration for all NSFAS potential funded students pending NSFAS confirmation and reimbursement of funds to the university. University decided to pay students allowances towards food and to pay landlords before NSFAS pay to ensure well-being of students and stability on campus. As for book allowances universities decided to wait for NSFAS to pay the university considering the magnitude of the invoice as majority of UNIVEN enrolment is funded by NSFAS.	one protest action was recorded during May 2022.
23.	Walter Sisulu University	The interventions by the University included: Ongoing engagements with institutional and campus SRCs, NSFAS visiting campuses to deal with NSFAS related matters,	Walter Sisulu University encountered protests from February to June 2022 on its four campuses (Zamukulingisa, Mthatha, Ibika and Buffalo City). The concerns raised by students included: unfunded students, and student accommodation not compliant to DHET minimum norms.
24.	University of the Western Cape	No protest actions related to NSFAS issues	.
25.	University of the Witwatersrand	No protest actions related to NSFAS issues
26.	University of Zululand	NSFAS qualifying students are assisted whilst NSFAS has not yet paid the upfront payment to the university.	On 9 March 2022 at the KwaDlangezwa. The concerns raised by students were not only NSFAS related. Students complained against students living off campus and inadequate residences. The University managed to source more off-campus accommodation.

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1. The challenges are disputes between the concerned group and the Bjatladi Communal Property Association (CPA) committee, more specifically on governance issues.

2. Yes. The cause of the challenges is the governance issue, coupled with allegations of corruption and maladministration against the current CPA committee. On 16 September 2022, the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development together with Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) held a meeting with both the concerned group and the current Bjatladi CPA committee with the intention to resolve their disputes, however, the two groups are not ready to work together.

Professional mediation was recommended, to which they needed to consent within five working days. To date, the two groups have not consented to participate in the proposed mediation.

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(1). The List was not published late, the NAC published the approved list on the due date (30th September 2022) on all the social media platforms. The social media sites were our quickest way to disseminate the approved list following the crash of the NAC website due to extremely heavy traffic. The website was then restored after a couple of hours and the information was also made available on that platform.

Council does not and did not adjudicate any applications. Please refer to point 2 above where they clarified the role of Advisors vs the role of Council Members. Additionally, the ACT clearly states that “Panel Members advise the NAC on the merits of applications”. This means that they advise, but do not approve, as that is the role of the Council (as the Accounting Authority of the entity). All final Council-approved Applicants are from the pool of applications that have been adjudicated by the Advisors.

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a) The claim was to be settled in two (2) phases, however due to policy changes in the processing and the settlement of claims in the Commission, full and final settlement of the claim at once is planned.

b) The claimant beneficiaries comprises of three (3) villages, namely Lower Zingcuka, Upper Zingcuka and Lower Ngqumeya. The household verification for Lower Zingcuka and Lower Ngqumeya has been completed and the household verification for Upper Zingcuka is currently underway.

c) Submission of verification documents by Upper Zingcuka beneficiaries to finalise the household verification process.

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Universities in South Africa have a wide range of liberal arts in their Programme and Qualification Mixes. These are academic fields in history, literature, philosophy, sociology, drama and visual arts, to name but a few.

Traditional and comprehensive universities offer a range of classic and world-renowned liberal arts, with various schools within faculties dedicated to such studies, e.g. the University of Johannesburg has the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture that offers qualifications in creative, hospitality and the visual arts; the University of South Africa, Stellenbosch University, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of the Witwatersrand, University of Pretoria, University of Fort Hare and University of Zululand have a long history in the offering of liberal arts.

Universities of Technology also have a long history in the liberal arts, e.g. the Tshwane University of Technology has a campus dedicated to the liberal arts and the Durban University of Technology boasts of a well-known Faculty of Art and Design.

The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation established the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) through the publication of Government Notice No. 37118 on 5 December 2013. The role of the NIHSS is broadly to enhance and support the Human and Social Sciences (HSS) in South Africa and beyond, and to advise government and civil society on HSS related matters. It does so through its various programmes, including the Doctoral school scholarships, catalytic projects and African Pathways Programme. The NIHSS works with universities, think tanks and research bodies to convene and coordinate PhD-level academic programmes, catalytic research and international research collaboration. The Doctoral scholarships programme is the Institute’s largest programme and works in collaboration with the South African Humanities Deans’ Association and Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa.

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges such as the College of Cape Town and Tshwane North TVET College offer qualifications in art and design.

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Emanating from the Examination IT System, the Resulting and Certification IT System directorate has no outstanding printing of certification and diplomas to qualifying candidates. The Examination IT system could not identify and extract any outstanding qualification to qualifying candidates. Any and other candidates whose achievement records across different examinations (over multiple examination cycles) must apply via their respective TVET colleges for consolidation to meet qualification requirements. 

(a) CERTIFICATION PROGRESS FOR THE PERIOD 31 JANUARY 2022 TO 30 JUNE 2022

Business Studies 

As at 30 June 2022, 571 230 certificates for candidates who sat for Business Studies N4 to N6 qualification examinations between the period November 2021 to June 2022 were issued. This figure represents a total of 192 examination center at 50 TVET Colleges.

Engineering Studies 

As at 30 June 2022, 142 606 certificates for candidates who sat for Engineering Studies N1 to N2 and N4 to N6 qualification examinations between the period November 2021 to June 2022 were issued. This figure represents a total of 28 examination centers.

3.3 NC(V) 

As at 26 September 2022, 149 874 out of 170 300 certificates for candidates who sat for NC(V) Level 2 to 4 qualification for the 202111 examination cycle were issued. Different types of documents are created. These represents the full certificates for candidates who passed all 7 subjects in one examination cycle. The outstanding certificate are a representation of subject statements for candidates who passed less than 7 subjects and candidates who failed all subjects or candidates who were absent for all subjects. No documents are printed for these candidates, but need to be issued with an Umalusi document number for further processes once the student re write the subjects and qualify for a full certificate.

For the period November 20211 to March 2022 the certificates for 2978 candidates are still being processed. The candidates enrolled for the supplementary examination are excluded from the batch certification submitted to Umalusi for approval and printing. The reason being that a candidate could have passed or bettered a mark during the supplementary examination. This is done per level, since the issuing of the higher level is dependent on the issuing of the lower level. This means the candidates must have passed the lower levels before a higher-level certificate can be issued. 

Once this consolidation process is finalized, the records for candidates who passed subjects over multiple examination cycles are consolidated and certificates issued for qualifying candidates.

(b) 3.4 DIPLOMAS 

The following is an update progress made in issuing of diplomas during the period between 01 January 2022 to 30 June 2022 reporting period:

(i) The Certification and Historical records unit issued 34 588 diplomas to qualifying candidates who meet the theoretical and practical component requirements. 

While the number of potential candidates who are eligible for diplomas seemed to be less, consideration should be taken that this is a three years’ qualification comprising of 18 months Business Studies /12 months Engineering Studies theoretical achievement accompanied by 18 months or 2000 hours of relevant evidence of practical experience in commerce or industry, while Engineering requires 24 months or two years of relevant practical experience respectively.    

National N Diploma application declined to candidates not meeting the requirements must resubmit their applications for appeal. 

The above figure represents a total of 50 TVET Colleges.

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Department of Higher Education and Training courier all Certificates and National N Diplomas printed and awarded to TVET colleges and campuses to be issued to qualifying candidates. These qualifications are captures and recorded on the Examination IT System with tracking waybill number for easy tracking and retrieval. It is the responsibility of the TVET colleges to inform candidates to collect their qualification upon receipt by their respective colleges/campuses. 

While it is expected of college to hand over certificates and diplomas to qualifying candidate’s challenges does occur especially with private colleges relocations.

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This matter has over the years affected various creatives across all domains and genres. It could be attributed to the unfavourable contractual agreements between creatives and their employers and/or management, lack of financial management including tax and budgeting.

The Department has over the years supported and will continue supporting various initiatives to empower and educate creatives in these matters quite early in their careers to have a ‘soft landing’ during troubling times since their sector operates mainly on free lancing.

Over and above that, the Department has a Program that supports Living Legends Legacy Project; creatives over 70 years old and above.

In the last three years the department has also established a Silapha Wellness Program, which is an initiative geared towards sensitising the creatives about such challenges.

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1. No, Body Building South Africa (BBSA) has not paid the fine. South African Institute for Drug-Free Sports has sent the federation Letters of Demand provided for the debt owed to it in our Annual Financials. BBSA responded with lawyer’s letters despite being informed that the SA Anti- Doping Regulations (2021) and the World Anti- Doping Code (2021) do not provide recourse for a national federation to dispute the fine.
2. The South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has not indicated what actions they have taken to stop BBSA from repeated doping offenses. Section 17(A) that deals with Punitive Measures and specifically Subsection (1) of The South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport Amendment Act; the Department on written recommendations of SASCOC, may cause an investigation to be conducted as it deems fit to ascertain whether the federations comply with the provisions of the Act. The Department is still awaiting written recommendations from SASCOC.
3. (a) As disclosed in the SAIDS 2021/22 Annual Report, eleven (11) tests were conducted at the National Bodybuilding Championships. (b) Ten (10) tests returned positive for various anabolic steroids. The names of the athletes and the substances are disclosed, as is required by the World Anti-Doping Code, in the Annual Report.

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The oversight role over water services institutions as per the Water Services Act is the responsibility of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), and this question should be referred to that relevant Department for reply.

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(a) The upkeep and day-to-day maintenance of this College is administered by the North the West Provincial Department of Agriculture as College is currently residing and reporting under that Department.

(b)(i) The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) are in a process of transferring Colleges of Agriculture to a national competence and having them declared as Higher Education Colleges governed by the Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997) but will be funded and managed administratively under the Minister responsible for Agriculture. This will benefit the Colleges in that DHET has established programmes for support to Higher Education Institutions, developing needy colleges towards attaining semi-autonomy and eventually full autonomy to Colleges leading to quicker decision-making and more effective implementation of decisions. College of Agriculture students as well will be able to access bursaries from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) as it is only available to students at higher education institutions. Collaborations and coordination within the Higher Education sector will assist in improving the conditions of the Colleges of Agriculture especially in respect of infrastructure that supports curriculum offerings.

(b)(ii) The Potchefstroom College of Agriculture is administered by the North West Provincial Department of Agriculture, however, DALRRD provides support to the College through the College Revitalisation Plan since 2012. The allocations over the years are as follows:

Financial year	Name of College	Allocation
2011/2012	Potchefstroom College of Agriculture	R4 500 000,00
2012/2013	Potchefstroom College of Agriculture	R6 000 000,00
2013/2014	Potchefstroom College of Agriculture	R7 524 000,00
2014/2015	Potchefstroom College of Agriculture	R10 000 000,00
2015/2016	Potchefstroom College of Agriculture	R11 800 000,00
2016/2017	Potchefstroom College of Agriculture	R9 500 000,00
2017/2018	Potchefstroom College of Agriculture	R7 000 000,00
2018/2019	Potchefstroom College of Agriculture	R7 000 000,00
2019/2020	Potchefstroom College of Agriculture	R2 986 000,00
2020/2021	Potchefstroom College of Agriculture	R2 466 000,00
2021/2022	Potchefstroom College of Agriculture	R8 500 000,00
Total		R77 276 000,00

(b)(iii) The following Infrastructure, equipment and machinery were developed or procured at Potchefstroom College of Agriculture through Colleges Revitalisation Plan since 2012.

New building constructed	Buildings renovated	Procurement of equipment and machinery	Others
Construction of Poultry house Construction of 20 sow-unit Piggery house Construction of Poultry Abattoir Construction of Greenhouse, Office and Palisade Fencing Renovation of Lecture halls, Examination Hall and the assessment rooms security system– Phase 2 Construction of new Laboratories (Practical Training Facilities) Building of One multi-purpose lecture hall with a capacity of 150 student Construction of mini pack house for the horticultural unit	Renovation and installation of new machines in the Dairy Refurbishment of student kitchen and dining hall Renovation of students infrastructure and Alex/ Pampoen boere pit (6 hostels and 2 Halls)	Procurement of stand-by Generators Procurement of 89 KW tractor Procurement of nine double cab bakkies Procurement of 24 row wheat drill Procurement of farm agricultural equipment Procurement of ICT equipment; computers, laptops, printers, projectors, etc Procurement of Tractor GPS, Air Conditioners and Installation of 2 X Canopies Supply and delivery of Tractor, Ridger, Plough and Slasher,	Installation of Bio-metric Access Control System in the Admin Block and student hostels Installation of galvanized steel palisade for the centre pivot, Piggery House, layer house and whole campus Installation of High Mast Lights Provision of Wi-Fi on the campus

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1. To date, a total of R28 048 067 (twenty-eight million forty-eight thousand and sixty-seven Rands) has been provided to the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) towards the Maritime Domain Awareness Satellite (MDASAT) constellation. The funding covers research and development costs, including compensation of non-academic staff (engineers), student bursary support and constellation launch costs. The cost of the full constellation of nine satellites is R97 978 338 (Ninety-seven million nine hundred seventy-eight thousand three hundred thirty-eight), the balance of which has not yet been secured.

2. Since its launch on 13 January 2022, the MDASAT-1 constellation has been in the commissioning phase of its mission, which is the first phase of satellite operation and begins immediately after deployment. The satellites automatically deployed their antennas and the immediate message about battery voltages reading were excellent. Both the primary ground station at CPUT and the secondary at the Houwteq Assembly, Integration and Testing Facility (DenelSpaceteq) successfully tracked, commanded, and decoded the signals. Automatic beaconing was switched off, after some tests were performed with the Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TT&C) communications. All the satellites’ subsystems responded well, and all communication links, power operations and TT&C of all three satellites report a healthy status.

There has been a delay in the full commissioning of the Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) and payloads due to a few technical challenges related to the orientation (spin and tumbling) of the satellites in space. These challenges are being investigated by reproducing them on the engineering models in the lab before developing a software update that will be installed through the onboard software-defined radio.

3. The data currently being received from MDASAT-1 is being used to commission the various satellite subsystems and payload. Maritime domain awareness data has not yet been acquired due to the satellites still being in the commissioning phase of the mission. Once the satellites are fully commissioned, data will be integrated into the National Oceans and Coast Information Management System that will provides decision support tools for oceans governance and marine protection.

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a) The land redistribution programmes have initiated the Proactive Land Acquisition Policy (PLAP) wherein the state has acquired the land and later allocated and leased it out to farmers for a period of 30 years through the Beneficiary Selection and Land Allocation Policy (BSLAP). BSLAP was formulated to ensure transparent allocation of land with priority being given to vulnerable groups such that 50% is allocated to women and 40% is allocated to youth.

(b)(i),(ii),(aa),(bb) Please refer to the table below.

(aa) Province	(bb) District	(i) Women	(ii) Youth
Eastern Cape	Amathole	1	1
	Chris Hani	0	2
Free State	Fezile Dabi	1	1
	Mangaung Metro	1	0
	Xhariep	2	1
Gauteng	Sedibeng	2	3
	West Rand	1	0
Kwazulu-Natal	Umgungundlovu	3	1
	Zululand	1	1
Limpopo	Waterberg	1	1
Mpumalanga	Ehlanzeni	1	0
	Gert Sibande	3	5
	Nkangala	4	2
North West	Bojanala	2	2
	Dr Kenneth Kaunda	4	1
	Ngaka Modiri Molema	1	0
Northern Cape	Namakwa	1	0
	Pixley Ka Seme	0	1
	ZF Mgcawu	3	0
Western Cape	West Coast	5	3
Total		37	25